Federal Diner in Otago Menu

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • Cheese or Date Scones (World famous in Wanaka) $4.50
  • (C) Bacon & cheese $9.00
  • (B) Jam & butter $4.50
  • (A) Plain $4.00
  • Croissant:
  • Totally Nuts $10.00
    • Grilled banana bread with cashew nut butter
  • Winter Warmer $12.00
    • Porridge with chai spiced stewed fruits & cream
  • The Monk $19.00
    • Eggs Benedict with bacon & roasted tomato
  • The Buddha $19.00
    • Eggs Benedict with spinach, mushrooms & roasted tomato
  • Betty's Bacon Butty $10.00
    • Bacon, egg & relish
  • Brossie's Bun $11.00
    • Halloumi, grilled tomato, spinach & relish
  • Social Climber $13.00
    • Organic eggs fried or poached with roasted tomato on crusty bread - add free farmed streaky bacon $5.00
  • Hawea Flat $18.00
    • Spinach, mushrooms, roasted tomato & halloumi on polenta cake
  • PinaCoco $19.00
    • Caramelised pineapple hotcake with coconut yoghurt & lime
  • Comfort Kedgeree $19.00
    • Smoked salmon, mild Indian spiced rice & poached egg
LUNCHTIME CLASSICS LUNCHTIME CLASSICS
  • Lone Ranger $17.00
    • Waitoa free range roast chicken sandwich on ciabatta with aioli, caramelised onion & brie
  • Roti 'n' Roll $14.00
    • Pulled pork roti roll with hoisin, coriander, spring onion & pickled chilli
  • Wunder Burg $20.00
    • Homemade beef pattie with smoked cheese, caramelised onions, gherkins, salad & french fries with chipotle mayonnaise
  • Pure Wisdom $16.00
    • Ancient grain salad with cranberries, almonds, lemon & mint dressing (Vegan)
  • Roast It $19.00
    • Roast carrot salad with goat's cheese puree, preserved lemon dressing, dukkah & flatbread
  • The Chowder Pie $21.00
    • Smoked salmon, prawn, leek & potato pie with green salad
  • Soul Soup $18.00
    • Waitoa free range chicken & ginger broth, vermicelli noodles, seasame, chilli & spring onions
EXTRAS EXTRAS
  • Hollandaise $1.00
  • Tomatoes, mushrooms, 1 organic egg, avocado or halloumi $3.00
  • Free farmed bacon, Waitoa free range chicken or smoked salmon $5.00
  • French fries with tomato chilli relish & aioli $9.00
  • Mixed salad with balsamic $10.00
  • Gluten free bread add $1.00
KIDS KIDS
  • Egg or bacon on toast (+ $3.00 for scrambled) $5.00
  • Fruit plate $9.00
  • Hot cake with maple & banana $10.00
  • Peanut butter & banana on toast $5.00
  • Flatbread pizza with salami $8.00
  • Beef burger & fries $14.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Noodle Soup (No Rice) (GF) (V) $15.00
    • A generous portion of this famous Asian soup cooked with our special sauce, fresh vegetables and noodles. Chicken or Vegetables & Tofu
  • Fried Pork Balls (6) (GF) $7.50
    • Secret spices and premium lean pork mince, rolled into meat balls, threaded onto a skewer and served with a chilli, garlic and coriander sauce.
  • Our salads are served warm and are mainly meat based. Vegetables are used sparingly and the salads are dressed with very light tasty sauces.
  • Black Pepper Stir Fry (*) (V) $15.00
    • Fried potatoes and fresh vegetables stir fried with cracked black pepper and garlic sauce. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu
  • Guri Puffs (4) $6.50
    • Sweet potatoes and vegetables wrapped in fluffy pastry served with dipping sauces.
  • Vietnamese Spicy Fried Noodle With Basil $15.00
    • Flat white rice noodles stir fried with seasonal vegetables, fresh basil, chilli and our spicy paste. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu
  • Served with steamed jasmine rice
  • Panang Curry (GF) (V) $15.00
    • A spicy curry cooked with coconut cream, ka ir leaves and vegetables. Popular curry with a slight lime tang.Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu
  • Falafel with beetroot hummus, rocket & aioli $13.90
  • Otaku $23.90
    • Southern clams, muttonbird, calamari & mozzarella on a tomato base
  • Brown sugar Buttermilk waffles - with vanilla bean mascarpone, citrus rhubarb & toasted hazelnuts $18.50
  • Vega works $20.90
    • mushroom, spinach, tomato, hash browns, poached eggs & ciabatta toast with seasonal house relish
  • Cast iron omelette $20.50
    • potato, herbs, mozzarella & seasonal house relish with mushrooms or chorizo
  • Two Eggs Any style - with salsa Verde & ciabatta toast $13.90
  • Hot Smoked Salmon $6.00
  • Trotters Gorge $23.90
    • Bacon, slow roast tomato, basiL & mozzarella on a tomato base
  • Bangers n’ Mash $17.00
    • New Zealand pork sausages with potato mash and rosemary & apple gravy
  • Plates $10.00
    • Arancini Balls, Chicken Wings, Fresh Fish Bites, Baby Got Back Ribs, Mini Chicken Kebabs, Salt & Pepper Squid, Sliders.
  • Corn beef hash $16.00
    • Slow cooked corn beef on a bed of roasted potatoes, spinach, parmesan cheese and topped with a soft boiled egg.
  • Cheese Cake $10.00
    • Please ask our staff for the chef’s choice of cheesecake for the day.
  • MUSHROOM STACK $17.00
    • Crispy potato rosti topped with a stack of Portobello mushrooms stuffed with a rosemary, toasted pine nuts and basil pesto stuffing and topped with slow roasted vine tomatoes
  • Soup of the Day $16.00
    • Ask the friendly staff for today's special.
  • MUSSELS $25.00
    • New Zealand Mussels prepared in a creamy white wine garlic lemon and coriander sauce with garlic bread to mop up all the goodness.
  • PLATES $10.00
    • Arancini Balls, Chicken Wings, Fresh Fish Bites, Baby Got Back Ribs, Mini Chicken Kebabs, Salt & Pepper Squid, Sliders
  • * Prawns $19.90
  • * Prawns $18.90
  • A1 Thai Spring Rolls (s) $6.00
    • Deep-fried vegetable spring rolls, served with sweet chilli sauce.
  • * Vegetables and Tofu $14.90
  • * Prawns $18.90
  • A4 Curry Puffs (s) $7.00
    • Stir-fried of specialized curry with minced chicken and potatoes in a deep-fried pastry shell.
  • * Mixed seafood $19.90
    • (scallops, squid, mussels and prawns)
  • * Chicken, pork or beef $16.90
  • 8. Wonton Soup $9.00
    • Twelve homemade wontons served with fresh bean sprouts
  • 11. Prawn Fried Rice $12.00
  • 5. Chicken Noodle $9.00
    • Served with your choice of rice or egg noodles, tender shredded chicken pieces and fresh bean sprouts
  • 29, MO Po Tofu on Rice $12.00
  • 4pc Chicken Nuggets with Mini Fries $6.00
  • 33 Satay Kebab with Rice 3pc Ch/Bf $12.00
  • 4. Vegetable Satay $9.00
    • Grilled mixed vegetable stir fry topped with homemade peanut sauce and a side of rice or noodles
  • 15. Chinese Sausage Fried Rice $13.00
  • Bluff octopus a la plancha, roast red pepper, saffron aioli $15.00
  • Spiced Merino lamb shoulder $50.00
    • Herbed bulgur wheat, roasted red onion, harissa jus
  • Line caught tuna crudo, avocado, ugli fruit, soy & mirin, coriander $17.00
  • Pan-fried blue cod $38.00
    • Cloudy Bay clams, vanilla braised fennel, radish, wild asparagus
  • Seared Wakanui sirloin, shiitake, dukkah, sesame dressing, shiso $17.00
  • New season asparagus $9.00
    • pancetta, toasted almond, confit shallots
  • Goats cheese profiteroles, Rātā blossom honey, rosemary $10.00
  • Harmony Pork $ 36.00
    • belly and shoulder, Cromwell peaches, radish pods, parsnip cream
  • Mashed potato $7
  • Chargrilled Angus Steak $37
    • Ribeye 250g
  • Chicken Breast $28
    • 200g free range, grain fed, best taste on the stone, with Thai plum marmalade
  • Cheesecake $16
    • Sinfully delicious with lemon or caramel drizzle
  • Spinach, Walnut & blue cheese salad $7
  • Vegetable of the day N/A
  • Tomato and Basil Soup $15
    • Served with toasted ciabatta and butter
  • Pork Belly $15
    • Apple Tree pork slow poached in apple cider served on parsnip purée
  • Side Salad $6.00
  • Vegetable Pastie $17.50
    • Savoury pastry vegetarian pastie of the day. Served with a crisp garden salad. Add kumara mash $23.50
  • Anti Pasto Platter For Two $44.00
    • A selection of cured meat, smoked salmon, mussels, local cheese, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, pickles, dips & fresh fruit, served with fresh bread & crackers.(Additional person $20.00)(For One $24.00)
  • Craic Nachos $18.50
    • Corn chips topped with chilli mince, sour cream & melted cheese
  • Lamb Shanks $33.50
    • Slow roasted lamb shanks in a tomato & barley gravy. Accompanied with kumara mash Two Shanks
  • Extra aioli small $1.50
  • Mussel Pot Entrée $24.00
    • Freshly steamed mussels served in their shells in a Thai green curry sauce. Served with a fresh garden salad & ciabatta bread. (14)
  • Craic Burger $24.50
    • Homemade Southland beef patties layered with crispy bacon, tomato, red onion, cheese & lettuce. Jammed between a toasted bun & dressed with aioli & tomato relish. Served with beer battered fries (add aioli $1.50).
  • BACON CHEESE BURGER $14.50
    • chunky beef patty, bacon, cheese, mayo, lettuce, ketchup+ dill pickle
  • PAVA PATTIES
    • served with chilli yoghurt
  • EGGS YOUR STYLE $9.00
    • free range eggs with toasted ciabatta, choice of chilli fried, poached, scrambled or fried
  • CHUNKY FRIES $4.50/$7.50
    • served with aioli+ ketchup(small/large)
  • ROCKET
    • fennel salad
  • SMOKED MUSHROOMS ON TOAST $14.50
    • house smoked mushrooms rocket walnuts, Evansdale blue cheese
  • CORN FRITTERS $3.50
    • with rocket chilli+ herbed, Creme Fraiche, add bacon
  • THAI CHICKEN SALAD $16.50
    • coconut poached chicken, cashews mango, crispy shallots + greens
  • No5 cheese & pickle sandwich $17.00
    • Gibbston Valley Glenroy Cheddar, homemade pickles, hummus, tomato and marinated courgette on our freshly-baked sourdough
  • Tomato, capsicum & cannellini soup $16.00
    • Tomato, capsicum & cannellini soup, smoked cheese and garlic shoots
  • Saffron yoghurt $15.00
    • Natural yoghurt sweetened with Otago honey and Bannockburn saffron, local blackberry coulis, oat clusters
  • Artichoke $22.00
    • Preserved artichoke heart, fresh tomato, GV mozzarella, rocket
  • No5 Big Breakfast $24.00
    • No5 bacon, poached free-range eggs, sourdough, roast mushrooms, tomato
  • Mushroom bruschetta $19.00
    • Roast Portabello mushrooms in cream, garlic & mustard on toasted sourdough, with pine nuts & local rocket
  • Toasted homemade breads $11.00
    • Selection of our white and wholemeal sourdough, brioche, butter, homemade jam
  • Apple pancakes $18.00
    • Buttermilk pancakes, caramelized apple puree, maple syrup, cinnamon mascarpone
  • 12 Chicken Rendang $14.90
    • Cooked in combined ground spices, finished in semi-dry gravy, traditional malay dish
  • 60 Plain Rice $2
  • 25 Fish Sambal $16.90
    • Masala grille fish in thick onion, chili and tomato sambal sauce
  • 19 Lamb Korma $14.90
    • Boneless pieces of lamb cooked in perfection in rich coconut cream, almond and cashew nut paste
  • 15 Beef Rendang $14.90
    • Cooked in combined ground spices, finished in semi-dry gravy, traditional Malay dish
  • 3 Mamak Chicken/Lamb Soup $8
    • A clear soup with vegetables and spices
  • 32 Udang Sambal $19.90
    • Prawn cooked in a thick sambal sauce onion, chili and tomato
  • 9 Butter Chicken $14.90
    • Chicken pieces marinated overnight, grilled and cooked with rich butter sauce
  • Duck pancakes with cashew nuts & homemade hoisin sauce $16.00
  • Pinot Cheddar, Gibbston Valley $8.00
    • Central Otago: Aged cow milk cheddar soaked in Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir.
  • Sautéed leek, chive & rice noodle dumplings with pearl barley risotto, exotic mushrooms, karengo seaweed & ponzu sauce $28.00
  • Braised merino lamb shoulder, roast cauliflower, parsnip puree, crisp lentils & fried shallots with a tomato cardamom sauce $30.00
  • Crème brûlée of earl grey chai with pistachios $8.00
  • Spinach tagliatelle with venison osso buco, kawarau blue & toasted almonds $16.00
  • Autumn Gold, Gibbston Valley $8.00
    • Pinot Cheddar, Gibbston Valley
  • Ora king salmon, roast butternut, carrot puree, quinoa, spring onion & cashews with basil coconut dressing & chilli jam glaze $34.00
  • Beetroot, Goats Cheese and Spinach Salad $12.00
  • ● Sundays Roast of the Day
    • With Spuds, veg, gravy and yorkshire pudding
  • The Hill Beef Burger $22.00
    • With bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato, cheese, aioli and tomato relish. Served with chips
  • Cheeseboard $16.50
    • 2 cheeses served with chutney and lavosh
  • Flintstone Steak 500g $42 / 1kg $82
    • Cooked to your liking with peppercorn, blue cheese sauce and jus
  • -For 4 $60.00
  • Battered Blue Cod and Chips $30.00
    • With tartare and tomato sauces
  • Pork Ribs $22.00
    • In chipotle barbecue sauce
  • -SPINACH
  • PULLED PORK TORTILLAS $18.00
    • served with a bean salsa, guacamole and sour cream
  • -KRANKSY
  • CHICKEN SALAD $17.00
    • chargrilled lime and chilli marinated chicken tenders with a garden salad
  • CLASSIC BIG BREAKFAST $20.00
    • free range eggs on Ciabatta to your liking. With slow roasted tomato, bacon, mushrooms, kransky, spinach and hash browns
  • CRUMBED CHICKEN BURGER $15.00
    • with bacon, brie and onion jam on a brioche bun
  • SCOTCH FILLET $19.00
    • with herb butter and truffle oil served with spinach and roasted tomatoes
  • MUESLI $10.00
    • served with honey yogurt, milk and berries
  • Fillet Mignon $36.00
    • 250g Angus fillet steak topped with streaky bacon restiing baby potatoes with a rich field mushroom auce .
  • Ice cream Sundae $9.00
    • with wafers & your choice of Sauce (Chocolate, Strawberry, Raspberry, Banana, Caramel)
  • Soup of the day $10.50
    • served with toasted bread & butter
  • Chocolate Mud Cake $12.00
    • served with cream & choc Fudge Sauce
  • Chicken Breast $28.50
    • Wrapped in streaky bacon, oven baked served on ourmet potatoes topped with mushroom sauce &garden salad.
  • Wedge’s $10.00
    • served with sweet chilli sauce & Sour cream
  • Ruby’s Pork Ribs $36.50
    • 12 ribs piled high lashed with orange & hoisin sauce with fries & Garden Salad .
  • Soup of the day $10.50
    • sever with toast & butter
Federal Diner

Federal Diner

location

Address

47 Helwick Street, Wanaka, Otago, 9305, New Zealand

phone

Phone

034435152

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Saturday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , Contemporary , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Bar Not Available ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  No Takeaway ,  Free Wifi ,  Local cuisine ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
47 Helwick Street, Wanaka, Otago, 9305, New Zealand